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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-08-18
zI .,aad -, For THEgPRoGREssIyE FARMER
HOW TO ENRICH Poor, 90 ! LAND AM
+ WITHOUT STABLE MANURE,
WINSTON, N. C., Aug.

8 =, WINSTON, n, G., Aug. S. 1887.
- - Prepare any old poor: land I'd ~, plow
well and GrosslploW and sow down to
rye in the, month Of August. - Then be-
about the last Of. May pleW under lpl|d1eer
ri nicely With II "a good 'tYo.horse fPloY.
level il, over With a harroW, apdd, SOW sSo(,W
two bushels Of peas to the accrre acre an and
put them under, well Then Then about TIE
| 5th; Of August turn your peas, assS,}Rp }Rplicely
and level, the ground with q a harrow hlaf{rrlryoq
again now SOW three bushels lof q, buck
wheat to the acre and put under well
,7WlYThh When yyoopr elbua(eklWheat is p0Sdding
pretty well, turn under and and harrow
your ground well and, cross lhsa.rllroo,w harrow
and SOW, wheat app and |PiEer GloiYer and let
il rest for two years and it take through
the. same process again, aiin :, 3 Farmers,
try, this s'it will beat your fertilizers
and is creaner than stable manure and
viii bring XpIr poor land up,,a 3Ied
The proper depth for all seeds 7ffeolu1r -four
times its length Ian and ne neYers To- be
planted any deeper Il mpleean mean >, seed
nQG ToolS;r 4SGl49pe .irlSSf,gyI u %
80 The largest yield Of wheat eat heard
from lis, z IA bushels PEI PEI caseel acre Shy by
Mr. Finch, of Lexington, Davidson
county Farms why not M make, / e,,o one
acre bring you that amount Father raatthher
than, SOW l9l acres Of poor landdTI and
get ?O bu9sshleeillss'i bu9ssheeilss'i 10 aof1ooIioo sid ise1i
,NHY sHouLD MHEAT BEsowE SHALLOW?
farmers say T. tarrrisIny wheat
Observation-Disclosures plow5l some
say l harrow itsin another one says
i flbrushedaminel in and maded good
wheat. ieWefsays scweyour wheatt not
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producer at 25 to 80 per cent. Men
say well, ds'sI never saw such hard
times. Before the war l borrowed all
the money I wanted at per cent. on
my plain note now I can't get it rn-
less [ give a mortgages on my real
estate, and after,J get about one.third
of it's value, am done borrowing; /
am at the mercy Of the mortgage. > If
I can't raise the money to pay that
one-third back and the 8 to IS per
cent. interest, lam charged and my
lands gone" sgs fEg
This GENERALIZATION is drawing from
our farming community all its SUBJ
stance and replacing nothing. Farm
ers, let us wake up and put our
shoulders together and have all laws
speedily removed from onr statute
books which. destroy confsdse7nce, be-
tween ourselves and our 'neighbors
and discourages our energy and our
enterprise-lawso that put our home
fsteads on the market in spite Of us for
less than one-third, it's value. s.-, !
Farmers, let us make a big effort all
together to restore that Confidence
which once existed between us, and
when we have done that, outsiders
will have more confidence in us cap
ital will more naturally flow more
freely among us.
ihi1 believe the homestead law to obe
the root of our local and financial
troubles and the plan to, get rid of
these troubles is to take uprthe stump,
root and ALL
There are hundred other things
that could be said ABOUT the damage
the hon1estea is doing and will do if
fitremains as it is. When we see the
products of our labor, depreciating-
all Of US out Of money--our lands, de-
preciating every day and our taxes as
High as ever there is something
wrong, and thessooner weremove that
! wrong the better it will be forrus.I Let
us, look out after our interests 4 as
farmers and we may rest assured that
ball other interests will take care of
itheinselyes3 oht 1oI s3tieni$1nh1 - F
F9i 9d ~ 9riWAKEz zOouNTY FARMER
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over one inch in depth on well-pre
pared ground. Why? Because it
comes up quickly, takes a good root
and shoots come out in the fall strong
and robust; the roots are so near the
surface that when the hard freezes
come about the first of January the
whole root and mother grain is raised
up all together and nothing hurt, and
when the ground thaws all is packed
back again as the freeze raised it. The
consequence is in the spring you have
a strong plant and plenty Of side
shoots. ,.- a.fr.rsaa, g.,araf rstn.r
l. Now for deep sowing and it's conse-
quences, put under your wheat say six
inches deep, as the first man suggests,
and it is hard time coming through
the clods and stones, and we would
think it would not more. than get
through beforeethe last of December,
if it come at all /; but say it got
through by the last of December, or
first of January, you must remember,
/ if you please, that all things have in
common termsa mother. Wheat has
its mother, thes grain. Now when it
comes up and the mother grain is
rotten or decaEed, it has a self-sustain-
ing root within a half an inch Of the
surface. Now when you sow deep,
as before stated, it is a long time. get
ting through the clods the mother
grain has not nourished it long
enough, the freeze comes in about the
first of January and breaks off the
young tender wheat stalk say one or
two inches belaW the; surface + and the
consequence is instead Of having sew
eral strong well-rooted and we'll
branched stalks, you have but one
/ sickly and spindling stalk: Remeln-
Der this, farmers, and experiment, and
you will be convinced we are right.
atg z.1ar 4. G. H. I
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r,,. For THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER.
THE HOMESTEAD LAW.

Il affords US much pleasure to know
that there is one newspaper published
in, North Carolina through. whose
columns we can express our views on
matter that so concerns the farmers
Of the good Old North State as the
homestead law-the law that has al
ready done the farmers of; North
Carolina more harm, financially, than
all other laws in existence. It is only
;equalled by the flching system Of the
government which draws such sur
plus from the people that our officials
do not know, what to dc, with it, n5aa
-, The tendency of our, laws since the
late war between the States, both
National and Stete, has been too much
for Capitalization, for the the best interest
Of the lfarmerr The farming interest
especially needs no laws that will
operate IN favor Of ceptralizing money
and capital in any particular direction
or any particular point. What we
want, is, general circulation, among
ourselves, naturally enough will flow flow
to these central points under healthy thy
laws for the farmer. So if, We.abe
wise, let us always love, cherish and
honor those who cultivate the soil
Let no law exist that impeeds. the
progress of that honored professions j
the, foundation OF, all other industries,
A few reasons why the homestead
law ought to be modified by the farm
ers Of North Carolina: '''' 80 {
2as1.9 It was intended to save a home
for the farmers wives and childrenas
well as other professions il yet, it, has
made five homeless ones to every one
it has saved. IL. - ,,f;6
iaa 3. There are more homesteads in
numbered and have been sold for debt
since the passage of the homestead
law, 20 years ago, than had been in
numbered and sold for debt for hum
dred years previous to the passage Of
the law. ihse 80 60 o'52'..
3.sIt has destroyed confidence be.
tween farmers and all ether classes
created a mortgage-hen-law system,
thereby complicating the business of
the country geaf,fab % no1stn aflliW
farmer who raises produce to
sell is forced by the1tendenoy ofsthis
lawltoshaul his produce to market and
sell foryereduced prices, and often
prices thatnMiH not Ipay the, cost0f
iproduction, while atsthe same time his
,neighbor needsthis.p produce and would
gipeehis note at a proftito the
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-08-18
.e ! t4IFor THB PROGRESSIVE FARMER.
FARMERS AND FINANCE. 90,

,,aI wish to call your attention to some
facts The editors, lawyers, bankers
and politicians all say the improves
ment in agriculture. is, to begin with
individual effort, and they point. to
some Individual who has exceptionally
good land or cash . in, hand as an
example to, follow, The great and
| rich who have to farm on ordinary
land and hill-sides and buy on credit,
paying 25 to 40 per cent more for
supplies, are placed at disadvantage.
Now why could not. the one hundred
millions idle in the u S, Treasuryfbe
loaned On mortgage at 4. to 5 per cent.
to farmers . Banks will not loan to
them. They loan to merchants at ! 0
to p per cent: and they sell to farm
ers at 201to 40, per cent advance. But
the politicians, Sci say the farmers
must not go op credit let them operr
ate on cash basis: Others do not
the merchants, lawyers, editors, &C.,
can realize, on their work in short
time, the farmer only once year,
and of all ,laborers the farmer should
be indulged, but our sofFoqnns expect the
farmer to pay cash ash and every one else
be indulged;o Tax the pub public to edqpff edqp
cate 4.the. eollIoneIs boy" /" run the banks
for the merchants and speculators and
then laugh at the, farmerss arm Sig ignorance VI
and poverty and then Wpde Woppder Pr why why
people are SO wicked, as to for form labor
parties or alnti;poYerty societies, ,sdIo
Lam not, a citizen Of your State, but
see you have the theirer grit and IS grace ace to
combat these errors The men, men who
have the intelligence and and f9rltiturlfdlee to
tackle these errors and nd ,pIr produce a q
reformation in time TO save the country nlnllttr
from threatened revolution, will de-
serve the thanks Of fall al good olood people,
I,s.,d zah p,Ia4 ours VI SAu truly = 1.amaa !
non. 9r9 sa vuenr ~ ai ot FLORIDA /
Cade City,)Jqly 2s, Sir hrey |
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RALEIGH, N. B., AUGUST l8, 1887,

National Convention Of cotton planters
to be held ON the 18th of October at
Shreveport, Louisiana. zdaar yfg
When my old native State is organ.
lied, there will be a lecturer and or.
ganizer sent into every county id the
State, which will have the State
solidly organized within sixty days
thereafter yand sin my opinion, in
twelve months the farmers, mechanics,
&c, will have as complete control Of
North Carolina as they have in Texas
and will run their State to their own
,notien9Ho edF .aIofei I.3i1ua 79yon
aa6J a~a-~l<J B.sBARRY, Organizer
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HINTS TO HOUSEKEEPERS.
OUR FARMERS CLUBS.
What our Farmers are Doing and How
the Work of Organizing is
Progressing. aL [
LIBERTY FARMERS CLUB.

The farmers of this vicinity met on
the 9th inst. and organized club OF
33 members by electing D. G. Cox,
President A. P. Brewer, Vice -Presi-
dent; T. M. Robertson Secretary and
Treasurer. The club adopted the
constitution and bylaws as published
by The PRoGREss1vE FARMER.
Our first regular meeting will be on
Saturday, the 10th Inst, at o'clock
p. m, when we will discuss "the best
methods of preparing lands 3 for
wheat" gr...E- ..4gL (
Our club is made up of sound, sub
stantial material, and we start out
with the hope of doing and receiving
good. We have faith in the farmers
movement. You readers shall hear
from us. Respectfully, sJ' /
... T. M. ROBERTSON, Sec'y.
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RICHARDSON CREEK FARMERS CLUB.

RICHARDSON CREEK FARMERS CLUB.
This club was organized with 5
members April l6, 1887, and we now
number g. We received 1 6 members
at our last meeting. That begins to
look like business We hold our
meetings twice month, since the
busy season is over. g | think. the
farmers are nearly all converted or
convinced in union, and we are look
ing for them all to fall in line bye and
bye. The following are the officers
President B. Simpson c ii !,
Vice-President-James R. Griffin.
Secretary-A J:aBrooks.1 . tzaf9j 4,
s Asst. Secretary-S. S. L. Mullis.
Cor. Secretary-G M. Simpson /
Treasurer-B D. Austin. 0ro - |
Executive Committe-T. G. Griffin,
James R. Gardner, H. M. Brooks,
Jacob @. Griffin and f. W. Griffin
.Werwill hold our next meeting at
Fairfield school house in New Salem
township, Aug. 18th, at o'clock p. m,
Postofhce address, Richardson creek,
Union county, N. G. h"t IT -e@1p
a"su -.rstr.A. aJ.eBrooks, See'y.
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roo yieoE 97ToSsr fa1a1 srwol all
OUR STATE CONTEMPORARIES

Z gedThe penitentiary system was no
favonite,i,with .ethe white people of
4 North &C GTagolina. The proposition tito !
made to adopt it in 1899 was SC, over
.whe1mingly voted down that no pol
itiician afterwards ever dared breathe
"a renewal f.of' the projectr until the
Republican party took the reins in
hands. oTIhenl came c;aaoe eispn in the era era Of
Northern philanthropy 1a1lln The a'Il, white
by the lash, noFtthe black again " to
1hape his back marked with the famiia
stripes. s.nsA Castle Off Indolence was
to be- erected for, vice where criminals
might repent at leisure or lazily kick
tup their Reels while they waited the
day of liberation. The penitentiary is
no pet of he~Demccratic party. It
never would have antherized it's Gre
,ationnn Eel, ,saHit would have done in
the premises theslaws would have
been executed in the old style OF
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No. 90.

whipping, hanging and Incarceration
in the county. jails. But that part had
no idea of treating a criminal as a.
guest Of the State II a criminal were
adjudged to the penitentiary, he must
be made to work out his board. This
was surprise and disappointment
to the Republicans. They furnish too
large a portion of the boarders.-Hinc
NZR lachrYna9- sheriWe Citizen.
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: AUBURN ALLIANCE.

.14q AUBURN, N. G., Aug! 6, 1884,
The farmers alliance met here at
the appointed time for the transaction
of business. We had call meeting
Aug. 4th. At this meeting we in
itiated 9 persons; A finance commit
tee was appointed by the chair. At
this meeting (Aug. 4th) only one was
initiated. This alliance is now COM
posed of al members. Applications
for membership arerapidly increasing,
Somebody has the privilege of g riding
the goat y at every meeting, AT our
last meeting the subject Of education
was discussed by several brethren
~ia The subject of building a lodge was
also discussed and decided upon,
therefore we expeetiini afshort while
to have,a nice lodge erected here W 8
mean business. 99t.pr d9ilfg s1gTh |
What I have said / say again, Let
there be more communication between
the different alliances Of the State. y
Brother secretaries, let US hear from
yougthrough, The PROGRESSIVE FARMER
. Or by letter. s9a-Ja saaalts l.E 23 1
I'll Respectfully yours, Eas. /
,I f.Ho.t- SELLIE NJ SMITH, Sec'y.u
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DOES FARMING PAY ?

No !! esimphatica1ly no !, If carried on
in slip shod manner fences poor,
cattle poorerq especiallyjin the spring,
sheltered during the storms of winter
|. by a four or five rail fence. -,,3u2 al,
Then the ground is plowed in spring
III a cut and cover style, scratched
over after aefashion practiced by for
ner ages, vtheuseed cast in, covered
with clods, and left to- the tender
mercies, Of the elements elements to grow, q or
die as the cate may be. The hogs in
The corn,, the hens in The garden. 81
ItiWhenthe teropsiafet gathered the
market is apoor, butr must 'havet the
money soalwayiits goes ;f the hogs are
not fat, 50 they do not bring within
one--ha1f cent Of, average price,
= The leaks oh Such d managed farm
can be enumerated by the score, 50
for this,dcauseia mortgage soOn,'beI
comes the largest crop, q crop which WhEtiife;h
is continually growing, until every
thing thing us is swallowed up With this
'picture J before lis how can we say
otherwise than an lemphaticno toithe
question, rs Does Farming Bay ?--W !,
BsH, in iin Farm Field HelldqIa asd Stoskmqn. S'fi man.
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~ @.i1-iisfH GFor THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER!
'BALLRNTINEs Mills, ,JtWake Co. NC.

BALLRNTINEs Mills, awake Co. NC,
ass4 - nt> adI .aos Aug, 1887.
-a.sl organized my twenty-fifth alliance
in Wake county lastnight, my deputies
several others, making some thirty,
with over one thousand membership.
Should the farmers alliance grow in
the next sixty days as in the past
sixty, the farmers will take charge of
Wake county by cotton planting time
and run it to their own notion. ta
9ia Ifgoin Harnett county this morning
and have every reason to believe that
county fawin organize in ten days,
Moore county in fifteen days, then the
State will be ready to organize. Then
[ go home, the farmers having done
all I came here to ask of them, i. e.,
to organize their State into a head
that they can send delegates to- the
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-20
MINNEAPOLIS SOCIETY,

The past week has been the quietest.
socially, of the season. The largest social
gatherings of the week were under the
auspices of regularly organized associa-
tons The Caledonians and their friends
turned out in full force on Tuesday even
ing. The Swedish guard provided an even
ing of enjoyment for its friends. The
Select knights were hosts to very large
company on the occasion of their anniver-
sary. Hebrew society was made happy by
a pleasant dancing party at Apollo hall.
and the dance of the Faust club was sue
cess. OF home entertainments there were
comparatively few, there being no large
parties and no dancing at all. The proba-
bilities are that until after Easter Sunday
society will remain Quiescent, preparing FOR
few weeks of spring gayety.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-20
SOCIAL HaprENINGS.

Mr. and Mrs. n. F. Warner rendered re-
ception on w ednesday evening to the sur
vivors of the First Minnesota regiment u.
s. V. Their home had been elegantly deco
rated with emblems and souvenirs of the
battles in which the regiment was engaged
Col. William Colville. the commander of the
regiment was the hero of the occasion, and
the guests wed with their hosts in doing him
honor. An elaborate banquet was served
after which Prof. j. w. Dickinson delivered
an eloquent address the battle of Gettys-
burg, battle in which the First Minnesota
covered itself with glory. Remarks were
also made by Col. Colvle and others
Those present were Col. William Colville, Red
Wing; Capt. c. F. Hausdorf, COMPANY A. ST.
Paul; o. NJ. Knight, Company |, Portsmouth.
n. H.; j. H. Brown, Company f, Goodhue
county; Maj. G. b. Hefelfinger, Capt. c. r.
Turrell, Fl. II. Martin, Company ID; Ed
Stevens, Company b; Augustus Plummer
Company D; c. Valentine. Company B: NJ. r
Leonard, Company c; L. B. Styles, Company
4; N. c. Van Valkenburg, Company A: T. r.
Mason. Company d; Fl. c. Whitney, Company
6, and H. l.. Gordon, Company e.
Curtis ball was not large enough to hold the
auieuce which assembled Friday evening to
listen to the interesting programme that had
been prepared for the regular monthly en-
tertainment. The musical features of the
evening were very enjoyable. w B. Heath's
tenor was heard to excellent advantage in n
solo, Quartette. MeSSrS. Patteu, Forbes Has
kins and Heath sang two songs very &C cept-
ably, and H. s. Woodruf's whistling solo was
loudly applauded. The literary numbers
were two readings by J. w. Dickinson and n
talk by j. II. Elliot on bright Days in the
Old Plantation Time" the entire programme
was given satisfactorily and surpassed i'm in
terest any that ha~ proceeded it in the Cur
tiss series. Among those present were a
number of students from the st. Paul Curtiss
colige.
Pioneer Legion No l. Select KNIGHTS A a
" W., celebrated iaelr fourth anniversary
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-20
CONTRACT WORK.
Grading Michigan Street.
OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS ,

OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS,
CITY oFST. PAUL, Mimi, March II, 1887.
Sealed bids win be received by the Board NJ
ruolic Works in and for the corporation OF
TIE City OF st. Paul. Minnesota. at their ofaos
In said city until IL M, on the 3lst day Of
March, A. ID. 1887, for the grading of Mich.
lgan street, from Western Avenue to ST. Al
bans street, in said city, according to plans
and specifications on file in the office of said
Board.
A bond with at least two (2) suretes in a
sum OF at least twenty (20) per cent of the
gross amount bid must accompany each bid.
me said Board reserves the right 10 reject
any and all bids.
r. L. GORMAN. President.
Official:
w. F. ERWIN, Clerk Board of Public Works,
1855
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-20
WORK.
Grading D0USman, Yankee and Ann
Streets;
OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
CITY OF ST. PAUL, Mimi, March Il, 1887. (

CITY OF ST. PAUL, Mimi, March II, 1887
Sealed bids will be received by the Board Of
Public Works in and for the corporation
OF the City of ST. Paul, Minnesota, az
their office in said city, until IL M, on
the 8lst day of March, A, D.. 1885,, for the
grading of Dousman street, from Cliff street
TO West Seventh street; Yankee street, from
Western Avenue TO Clir street, and Ann
street. from st. Clair street to Banhl street,
in said cit according to plans and speeifics.
lions on file in the Office of said Board.
A bond with at least two (2) sureties in a sum
of ut least twenty (20) per cent. of the gross
amount bid must accompany each bid.
me said Board reserves the right to reject
Official
W. r. ERWIN, Clerk Board of Public Works.
T6-SR
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CITY NOTICE.
Notice for Judgment.
OFEICE OF THE CRY TREASURER, !
ST. PAUL, Mimi, March I8. 1857.

will make application to the District Court
10 and for the County of Ramsey and State OF
Minnesota, at the special term to be be held
Saturday, April 9, 1887. at the Court House Ia
st. Paul, Minnesota, for judgment against
several lots aud real estate embraced in q
warrant in my hands for the collection of un-
PAID assessments. with interest and costs
thereon. for the hereinafter named special
assessments.
All in the City of st. Paul, County of Ram
sey and State Of Minnesota, when and where
all persons interested may attend and be
heard
The owners and description of real estate
are as follows:
Assessment for Grading Conway Street
from Commercial Street to Earl Street.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-20
SOCIETY PERSONALS.

Mrs. R. NJ. Lynill, nee Mary Harvey, of
Los Angeles, CAL, is visiting at T2l Washing
ton avenue north, the guest of Mr.. A. H.
Knowles.
Mrs. Sarah Farr has gone to Chicago, visit
ing at Prairie du CHEN and Dubuque en-
route.
Miss Sybil Baker. of Rockford, is the guest
of Mrs. A. Kent, II Florence Court south
east.
Miss Jennie Conrad, Of Louisiana, Mo-, is
the guest of Miss Woracek, 2727 Chicago ave-
nue..
Miss Carrie Taylor, of Fond du Lac, Wis, is
the guest of friends in the city.
Mrs. W. L. Abbott and daughter, Grace, are
visiting in Iowa.
Mrs. F. NJ. May is visiting in Duluth.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-20
ACADEMY
OF THE
HOLY ANGELS

No. GAS North Fourth Street
MINNEAPOLIS = MINI
Boarding and Day School for Young
Ladies and Children, conducted by the
Sisters of St. Joseph. The languages,
vocal and instrumental music, drawing
painting and needework taught in addi-
ton to the usual English branches. Fo
particulars call at academy OF address by
letter THE SUPERIORESS.
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Lyman Dayton's Addition
Supposed owner and

kennedy's Subdivision of Part of Block SO.
Lyman Dayton's Addition to
st. Paul.
Supposed owner and Amt NJ
description. Lot. Block. Assn,t
T Kavanagh. ~ So s1O5 OO
Martin Lampert. SO Raj 20 00